Interim Report – December 2014 #2 (05.12.14)

FRANCE

Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) Respiratory Disease

On 5th December 2014, a case of EHV-1 respiratory disease was reported in Haute-Pyrenees, France by Réseau d’Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Equine (RESPE).The positive diagnosis was made by qPCR on a nasopharyngeal swab by the Frank Duncombe Laboratory, France.

Equine Herpes Virus-4 (EHV-4) Respiratory Disease

On 5th December 2014, a case of EHV-4 respiratory disease was reported in Calvados, France by Réseau d’Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Equine (RESPE). The positive diagnosis was made by qPCR on a nasopharyngeal swab by the Frank Duncombe Laboratory, France. No further information is available at this stage.

The Animal Health Trust is a veterinary charity, based in Suffolk, which offers clinical referral services and diagnostic testing for horses, dogs and cats in East Anglia, across the UK and internationally. Through its research programmes it develops new diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines to help thousands of animals.